Szczypiorski, Warren F.
(Oct. 4, 1946 - May 15, 2009)
Electronic engineerThe Szczypiorski line is a hard one to follow, owing to its humble beginnings and zig-zag spelling, and ignoring the first and second generation in America is no way to treat them. Unless we know, in each census, where they were in the nation, state, and city, the names in each generation will fade away like vanishing smoke.
Alexander Szczypiorski, who came from Poland in 1910, was the grandfather and Thaddeus Szczypiorski the father of Warren F. Szczypiorski, who was born in Brooklyn. Alexander and Stephanie Szczypiorski, who were married in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had two children, were not listed until the 1930 census in the city of more than two million people. During the Second World War, Thaddeus A. Szczypiorski (1914-1976) was a machinist mate 3rd class, on the 306-foot destroyer escort USS Gillette and escorted three convoys out of Virginia and one from New York to Oran and the United Kingdom between July 4, 1944, and Feb. 18, 1945. Several months later the Gillette escorted a convoy to Manila and remained in the Pacific theater for other duties. Upon one occasion the machinists on the destroyer escort were dispatched to rescue a minesweeper that ran aground. Warren Szczypiorski's interest in his father's ship was one of the few times that a sailor's son acted as historian for 15 officers and 198 men who served on the Gillette and organized their reunions.
His own interest in modern technology was sparked in the Alexander Hamilton Vocational & Technical High School in Brooklyn. After graduating in 1964, he worked for a number of companies in the development of the modern microprocessor. He was married for 40 years to Patricia Siminson, with whom he had three children - Warren Scott, Thad Anthony, and Daniel Patrick - and took part in all their sports, hobbies, and other activities. He died in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, and was buried in George Washington Memorial Park.
From: Edward Pinkowski (2009)